Modeling the Relationships Among Classroom Climate, Mathematics Self-concept, and Mathematics Interest

• In Event: AERA Research in Progress Roundtable Session Five
  In Invited Roundtable: Research-in-Progress RT027 (Sunday)

Abstract

Research has documented the relationships among factors related to classroom climate, self-concept, and/or interest in mathematics. However, there are inconsistencies in the use of quantitative methods in those studies where survey instruments are used without gathering validity evidence, and no studies combined all three factors in US higher mathematics education. To fill this gap, this study aims to test a structural equation model integrating the African Concept of Ubuntu to other western theories to understand the impact of classroom climate on self-concept and interest in mathematics for students enrolled in Calculus I. Before testing the structural equation model, this study is at the stage of collecting validity and reliability evidence for the survey scales.

Author

• Abel Sekone, San Diego State University